Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-357) and index
"Selected historical bibliography of literary journalism": p. 359-375
1. A true story. The long fall of one-eleven heavy / Michael Paterniti -- 2. Sketches and innovation -- 3. A generation goes traveling. Red Caucasus / John Dos Passos -- 4. The discovery of the Depression. The jumping-off place / Edmund Wilson -- 5. The bomb. The old house at home / Joseph Mitchell -- 6. Tourist in a strange land : Tom Wolfe and the new journalists. Family journeys / Adrian Nicole LeBlanc